Woman at her Toilet

Woman at her Toilet

SK-A-4052

signature: ‘JSteen’

Presented here is an intimate moment of a young woman undressing before going to bed. She is in the midst of pulling off a stocking, with the imprint of the garter still visible just below her knee. The raised skirt provides a glimpse along her legs. Such explicit nudity, however, was not always deemed acceptable; until a hundred years ago, an underskirt was painted over her thighs.

C. Willemijn Fock, 'Werkelijkheid of Schijn. Het Beeld Van Het Hollandse Interieur in De Zeventiende-Eeuwse Genreschilderkunst', Oud Holland 112 (1998), nr. 4, p. 217, afb. 31.

painter: Jan Havicksz. Steen

1655 - 1660

olieverf op paneel

height 37 cm x width 27.5 cm

De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

bequest 1961

Public domain

Inv.; from Dr. A. Pauli, Amsterdam, fl.25,000, to Johanna Geertruida de Bruyn- van der Leeuw(1887-1960),Spiez, 1924;{Note RMA.} donated to the museum by Isaäc de Bruijn and his wife, Johanna Geertruida de Bruyn- van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, 1949, but kept in usufruct;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1961

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

C. Willemijn Fock, 'Werkelijkheid of Schijn. Het Beeld Van Het Hollandse Interieur in De Zeventiende-Eeuwse Genreschilderkunst', Oud Holland 112 (1998), nr. 4, p. 217, afb. 31.

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